Letter: Government has abandoned the needy

Sunday

Dec 29, 2013 at 1:07 AM

After seeing such hopelessness and grief, my heart opened to the sadness I now witness. It is the sorrow and tears of America — its people in a land of plenty as the stock market again broke records struggle for survival.

The wealthy relished in their profits as the middle class and poor are left behind. Our servicemen and women, federal workers and our drowning seniors were rewarded with a 1-percent raise to combat food prices doubling, increase housing costs, energy and everything else.

The forgotten poor had their food stamps cut, along with all programs designed to lift them up from destitution.

Our capitalistic form of government has failed the America people and the world. The president and Congress wallow in the stench of squalor they have served. It is the pain that has awakened America.

Yes, we need a new government — one that is for and by the people and not the greedy. The people need servants who believe in America, not the dollar.

This Christmas the only presents many children will see won’t be from Santa Claus. Rather, they will be from The Salvation Army. How ruthless and despicable our government has become to discontinue unemployment compensation for so many families, leaving them destitute. Where are the great Christian voices? If not for the Pope, there would be silence.

Our criminal justice system has become another big business, destroying the lives of so many of our youth for Wall Street profit. The war on drugs is complicit with much of our street crime. Our youth are seeking the American dream that has been denied them. Minimum-wage jobs only present another form of slavery in that they only provide for the bare necessities in life.